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Zuidam FRC Dutch Windmill Collection (The Kinderdijk)
Anyone chasing an intense caramel-and-toffee hit will find their bottle here. This 8-year Dutch pot-still, matured in Oloroso sherry, tastes like sticking your nose in a bag of caramel candy, with vanilla, oak, dried plum and apricot behind it. Cask strength at 52.2%, made without additives. A few tasters loved the sweetness; others found it too sweet and a touch hot on the tongue.
The community says- Huge caramel note
- Oloroso dried fruit
- But: Reads very sweet
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How does Zuidam FRC Dutch Windmill Collection (The Kinderdijk) taste?
Aggregated from 25 community reviews.
Intense caramel-toffee sherry rum, quite sweet People split on the sweetness — some call the caramel note phenomenal and love the Oloroso influence, others find it too sweet with slightly unintegrated heat.
Fans of Oloroso maturation and big caramel-toffee sweetness
Anyone who finds sweet, caramel-forward rums cloying
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68% rate it between 6 and 8. 13 selected write-ups from 25 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Most helpful positive review
For me, clearly the strongest of the three current Windmill bottlings. As if you put your nose in a bag of butterscotch candies (86 points) and lick with your tongue at liquid, still warm caramel (82 points). Really extraordinary in its uniqueness, how do you get something like that without additives!?very high recognition value.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Most helpful critical review
Un bonbon industriel au caramel. Vraiment pas mes goûts, il m’écœure au nez et en bouche pas un grand fan.
Review by Timo Groeger
Well, not quite my cup of tea with this rum. I find it far too sweet. We have vanilla and caramel on the nose. The same on the palate, but this is where the extreme sweetness comes into play. Not a recommendation.
Review by Vincent D
These sherry or olorosso finishes are definitely not my thing. I find that they always end on a rather unpleasantly bitter note. It's a pity, because the espresso notes on the finish of this rum were enough for the bitterness :) Edit: impression not confirmed on second tasting. It's rather greedy and caramelized. The reason is there but seems less bitter to me. In the end, I rather liked it.
Review by Jakob
Angenehm zu trinken, am Gaumen reichlich Toffee, dazu etwas Vanille, Eichenholz und Milchsüsse. Geradliniges Profil, das rund und gefällig daherkommt.
Review by Frank
Der erste der drei Windmühlen. Schon etwas besonderes, ein niederländischer Rum. Mal sehen, ob das Oloroso-finish zu viel ist… Nase: zu Beginn sticht der Alkohol etwas, dahinter kommt er aber würzig-fruchtig und leicht holzig. Neben einer deutlichen Vanille und und Toffee-Note finde ich getrocknete und leicht geschwefelte Aprikose, Traube und süß-saure Passionsfrucht. Das Sherry-Fass bringt eine leicht rauchig Note mit sich, die aber nicht zu viel ist. Etwas zu viel Toffee und Vanille. 7,7 Gaumen: hier ist das Sherry-finish schon deutlicher zu schmecken. Wirkt süß-würzig-holzig, leicht pfeffrig, etwas bitter und fein rauchig. Getrocknete Aprikose und Kirsche bringen etwas Frucht hinein. Hinten heraus etwas süßer werdend, leicht kandiert. Mit etwas zu süß mit etwas zu viel Sherry, aber noch ok. 7,5
Review by Johannes
Taste rather featureless, some wood, nut, caramel.
Review by Alex Kunath
Beautiful, deliciously sweet nose, which is also convincing on the palate. I really like it. I'm simply a fan of FRC, who often release something that nobody else does. Even if not every bottling is completely convincing, I like the philosophy.
Review by Filip Heimerle
Prijde mi to sice kremove a smetanove ale take pomerne ostre a malo ucelene
Review by Motvind
Mjölkchoklad, karamell, vanilj, kryddig och trä. Smak: En pepprighet som kommer fram genom alkoholen, karamell, vanilj och trä. —————————- Vid en andra provning höjer jag upp betyget en aning från 7,5 till 7,8.
Review by Felix Reiber
Very very exciting. How is it possible to bring such a phenomenal caramel note into a rum? In terms of aromas, this is the most beautiful Oloroso finish I have ever encountered. Caramel sweets, toffee and very creamy. I am thrilled. Unfortunately, the alcohol is not so well integrated and burns a little on the tongue. Otherwise I would have given it a slightly higher score. Nevertheless, this rum is a must for all fans of Oloroso maturations. A really great experience and the price is perfectly acceptable.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6126 25.12.2025 Finishing of a nice day relaxing with a spread of nice rums. Here we go for the Dutch Windmills that I have had samples of for a while. Nose Wood, light roasted, round, light caramel, dried fruit, spice, faint nutmeg, light sherry. Palate Sweet, wood, light roasted, light honey, spice, light caramel, dried fruit, light plum, faint smoke. Finish Medium long, sweet, wood, dried, fruit, butterscotch, light caramel, light smoke. Empty glass Caramel, light smoke, vanilla, faint chocolate, raisin.
Review by Hendrik Neumann
Diesen Monat hat mich das Rum-Abo mit einer wirklich feinen Spezialität verwöhnt. Aus den Hallen der Flensburg Rum Company gab es den “FRC Dutch Windmill Collection Single Cask The Kinderdijk Windmills 8 Jahre”. Kurz zu Dekonstruktion dieses Namens-Ungetüms: Es handelt sich um einen 8 Jahre gereiften, in Fassstärke (52,2 %) abgefüllten Rum aus den Niederlanden, der Teil einer Reihe von Abfüllungen ist, die den typischen Windmühlen des Landes gewidmet sind. In diesem Fall ist die Kinderdijk-Windmühle der Pate der Abfüllung. Leider gibt es ein wenig konkurrierende Angaben dazu, wie die Reifung erfolgte, aber einig sind sich alle dabei, dass der Rum ganz oder in Teilen in Oloroso-Sherry-Fässern lagerte. Vielversprechende Eckdaten, aber wie macht er sich denn nun im Glas? Vor allem die offenbar vollständige kontinentale Reifung in maritimer Umgebung ist ungewöhnlich und macht Lust auf Meer…ähem ich meine mehr ;-) Schon an der Nase gibt sich der Rum erwachsen und stimmig. Vorrangig ist hier der Fasseinfluss von Vanille- und Holznoten präsent, aber durch den Sherryeinfluss mischen sich auch schon hier leichte Fruchtnoten von Pflaumen und anderem reifem Steinobst mit dazu. Natürlich ist auch der Alkohol präsent, aber gut eingebunden und nicht brennend. Wirklich toller erster Eindruck. Auf der Zunge setzt sich das fort: Der Alkohol ist hervorragend eingebunden und brennt auch bei längerem Aufenthalt auf der Zunge kaum. Man hat dadurch genug Zeit, die Aromen nach und nach genießen zu können. Neben den bekannten Holz- und Vanille noten sind auch hier wieder für mich vor allem Aromen von Pflaumen und sehr reifen Aprikosen zu schmecken. Der Oloroso-Einfluss macht sich hier offenbar sehr gut bemerkbar. Eine schöne Abwechslung zu den in den letzten Jahren inflationär aufkommenden PX-Sherry-Rums. Diese finde ich zwar auch toll, aber etwas Abwechslung ist stets willkommen im Glas. Alles in allem ist der Rum für mich ein echtes Highlight. Eine aromatisch interessante und wirklich leckere Einzelfassabfüllung ohne Zusätze in Fassstärke für ~65 EUR ist ein echtes Brett im aktuellen Rum-Umfeld.
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2 critics scored it, averaging 7.8/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
Easily the best of this trio. This really gets Foursquare in a wine cask vibes. Not great but significantly better than the rest. I don't mind this at all. But alas, it does not really excite. Plus: foursquare those this better ;)
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Auction results 47 € – 55 €
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Details about Zuidam FRC Dutch Windmill Collection (The Kinderdijk)
A Pot Still Rum from Netherlands, bottled by Oldman Spirits GmbH, at 52,2%.
Community purchases
7 bottles logged by 6 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
14% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
7 purchased · 26 tasted · 4 wishlist · as of
About the Zuidam distillery
The Zuidam distillery is located in Netherlands. Rums from Zuidam have been reviewed 169 times with an average of 7.2/10.
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